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Tonnante was a Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery of the French Navy that served during the 19th century. The Dévastation class were designed in response to the needs of the Crimea War. The ships were armed with sixteen 50-pounder 194 mm (7.6 in)guns and protected by armor belt that was 110 mm (4 in) thick. They were very Launched in 1855, Tonnante was towed to the battlefield by paddle frigate Darien and participated in the Battle of Kinburn, shelling a Russian fortress on the Kinburn Spit. Despite taking 55 hits from the defenders' guns, the ship only suffered with nine injured and one killed. The fortress surrendered and the action encouraged the development of ironclads in navies across the world. Subsequently, the warship served in a siege flotilla in the Second Italian War of Independence

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